Name: West Point Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, cattle trended higher through the day. Had a good run of yearling cattle with a few fall/summer calves sprinkled in. Demand was good with a strong set of buyers in the seats and an active internet bid. All cattle weaned and preconditioned a minimum of 30 days. Next Preconditioned sale Monday April 13TH.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $486.26/cwt on 105 head, down $1.61 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 17 comparable sales and sits +6.84 against this barn's trailing median of $479.42.

Average price

$486.26

▼ 1.61 vs prior sale

105 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,714

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$39.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.96

vs NE average

+3.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	487.39	2,716	102
Medium and Large 1-2	588	448.00	2,634	3thin

One grade step is worth $39.39/cwt here — about $81 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.55, low $445.19, median $479.42 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale105 hd

486.26

—

NE average5 barns · 854 hd

492.22

−5.96

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

+3.08

This barn, trailing median17 sales

479.42

+6.84

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

39 lots · USDA AMS · West Point Livestock Feeder Cattle - West Point, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,006	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	2,922	20
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 1-2	900–950	911	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,861	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	688	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,546	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	468.84/cwt	461.00–474.00	2,429	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,029	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	504.25/cwt	501.00–507.50	2,173	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	528.00/cwt	528.00–528.00	2,598	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,634	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,391	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	587.50/cwt	587.50–587.50	2,268	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,443	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	650–700	695	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,460	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,616	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,162	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,570	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	344.20/cwt	336.00–347.00	2,998	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	426.16/cwt	413.00–431.00	2,369	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,021	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	636	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,798	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	375.50/cwt	375.50–375.50	2,790	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	471.55/cwt	458.00–478.00	2,660	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	387.23/cwt	385.00–397.00	2,525	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	340.35/cwt	329.50–341.75	3,196	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	454.67/cwt	442.00–461.00	2,796	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	440.20/cwt	430.00–453.00	2,342	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	496.09/cwt	490.00–506.00	2,262	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	557.86/cwt	552.50–565.00	2,722	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,136	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	405.23/cwt	401.00–410.00	2,512	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	383.73/cwt	383.50–385.00	2,974	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	409.84/cwt	403.00–422.00	2,750	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	369.38/cwt	355.00–372.00	2,619	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	556	505.57/cwt	503.00–510.00	2,811	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	609.84/cwt	603.00–612.50	2,500	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,695	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	409.42/cwt	409.00–412.00	2,936	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	359.50/cwt	349.00–367.50	2,980	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	333.79/cwt	318.00–336.00	2,921	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,765	4

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

West Point Livestock Feeder Cattle - West Point, NE

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	911	314.00	314.00
20	1000–1050	1,006	290.50	290.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	688	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	356	600.00	600.00
6	400–450	431	501.00–507.50	504.25
21	450–500	456	490.00–506.00	496.09
42	500–550	518	461.00–474.00	468.84
28	550–600	556	413.00–431.00	426.16
37	600–650	620	401.00–410.00	405.23
27	650–700	652	385.00–397.00	387.23
20	700–750	709	355.00–372.00	369.38
4	750–800	790	350.00	350.00
8	800–850	819	329.00	329.00
161	850–900	875	318.00–336.00	333.79
5	900–950	929	326.00	326.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	695	354.00	354.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	386	560.00	560.00
44	500–550	532	430.00–453.00	440.20
6	700–750	745	345.00	345.00
10	750–800	795	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	447	535.00	535.00
27	450–500	492	528.00	528.00
3	550–600	588	448.00	448.00
4	600–650	636	440.00	440.00
76	700–750	743	375.50	375.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	386	587.50	587.50
15	400–450	410	603.00–612.50	609.84
19	450–500	488	552.50–565.00	557.86
6	500–550	509	480.00	480.00
50	550–600	564	458.00–478.00	471.55
23	600–650	615	442.00–461.00	454.67
100	650–700	671	403.00–422.00	409.84
42	700–750	717	409.00–412.00	409.42
25	750–800	775	383.50–385.00	383.73
102	800–850	829	349.00–367.50	359.50
52	850–900	871	336.00–347.00	344.20
160	900–950	939	329.50–341.75	340.35
3	950–1000	956	316.00	316.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	550–600	556	503.00–510.00	505.57

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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